11 Summary Cardiovascular System Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a collective term for various diseases of the heart and blood vessels. The leading cause of death in the United States because it affects nearly 83 million Americans. This disease is due to the way of our life mostly. Millions of Americans smoke‚ are overweight‚ have uncontrolled high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels‚ and they don’t even know the signs of CVD. Major risk factors for cardiovascular disease that can be changed
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disease (CVD) is now arousing public attention due to its increasing effect on populations. ‘Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the name for the group of disorders of heart and blood vessels such as hypertension‚ coronary heart disease‚ stroke‚ and peripheral vascular diseases’ (WHO‚ 2012). CVD has enormous impacts on health and kills an estimated 17 million individuals worldwide annually (Mandal‚ 2012). A great amount of research explicitly indicates some causes. The most important factors of CVD are unhealthy
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exercise capacity. However‚ the regular exercise recommended as prevention‚ treatment‚ and control of primary and secondary hypertension (Pescatello et al 2004‚ ACSM 2004). There is an inverse association between exercise capacity and incidence of CVD. Exercise by various mechanisms‚ including improvement in endothelial function‚ reduction in arterial stiffness and decrease in sympathetic neural activity could be effective in the cardiovascular protective (Guimara˜es et al
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Employees Prepared for Mrs. Marcia Gunter English and Literature Department Seneca College – Markham Campus Markham‚ ON L3R 5Y1 Prepared by Matthew R. Paul Seneca College – Markham Campus Markham‚ ON L3R 5Y1 July 26‚ 2013. 18 Rosscowan Crescent Toronto‚ ON M1W 1K6 July 26‚ 2013. Marcia Gunter English and Literature Department Seneca College – Markham Campus 8 The Seneca Way Markham‚ ON L3R 5Y1 Dear Mrs. Gunter: This report will be discussing and summarizing the following
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Lecture 1: Cardiovascular Health Cardiovascular disease (CVD) • Statistically half of us (53%) are going to die from this disease (leading cause of death worldwide)) • CVD are diseases of the heart and blood vessels o includes atherosclerosis‚ heart attack and stroke • Narrowing of blood vessels as they are filling up with plaque Function of the heart • 4 chambers/valves controlled by leaflets • Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) caused by the building up of plaque leading to a heart attack
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major concern in the UK. It can cause impact on quality of life. British Heart Foundation (2012) estimates that a number of people with higher than 20% risk of cardiovascular disease could rise from 3.5 million in 2010 to 4.2 million.’ CVD covers a number of diseases such as coronary heart disease‚ stroke‚ and other conditions such as type 2 diabetes and heart failure. The individual and environmental factors contributes to CVD risk are complex. Age (significant
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains Australia’s biggest killer‚ mostly because of the deaths it causes among older people. It is also the second largest contributor to the burden of disease in Australia‚ after cancer. In 2007 CVD‚ which encompasses all heart and blood vessel‚ defects and conditions (e.g. stroke‚ heart attack) attributed to over a third of all deaths in Australia. It was the primary cause of death for over 46‚623 Australians in that year. The prevalence of CVD in Australia is closely
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how a person takes care of their body inside and out will determine what diseases are in store at an older age. For instance‚ cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for forty-two percent of all deaths in the U.S. (healingwithnutrition.com) and smoking is one of the highest contributors to obtaining this dreadful disease. Cardiovascular Disease CVD also is the leading cause of death of Americans age thirty-five and older (healingwithnutrion.com)! Who says you have to be old to have heart disease
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showed that the consumption of red meat was correlated with increased deaths. Is there a correlation between red meat consumption with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer deaths‚ and would a healthier protein source alternative lessen the risk of such diseases? In this observational study‚ 37‚698 men and 83‚644 women who did not have cancer or CVD answered an FFQ (food frequency questionnaire) every four years for 20 years (1986-2006). Red meat‚ in particular‚ was tracked to
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Cardiovascular Disease in the African American Community Causes‚ Preventions‚ and Treatments Cardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to the dysfunctional conditions of the heart‚ arteries‚ and veins that supply oxygen to vital life- sustaining areas of the body like the brain‚ the heart itself and other vital organs. Since the term cardiovascular disease refers to any dysfunction of the cardiovascular system there are many different diseases in the cardiovascular category‚ and many of these diseases
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